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[arrl-odv:29118] uBITX version 6
by rjairam＠gmail.com 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

http://www.hfsignals.com/index.php/ubitx-v6/ A couple of years ago, Ashhar, VU2ESE had approached several including me about ideas for a high performance transceiver he was planning. This is the end result. For $200 assembled ($150 kit) one can have 10 watts on nearly all bands with a nice display and menu system like an expensive transceiver from a commercial manufacturer. You can even build it for $50 from scratch. It uses Arduino at its core for controlling it. The code is all open source and freely available on GitHub. I think it’s very well done and I want to see more of this in ham radio. So many people say that HF equipment is expensive but we seem to forget that there is a whole world of kit and homebrew radios. It’s only 10 watts but that’s plenty for modes like FT8 and CW and can drive LDMOS to full legal limit (provided the FCC fixes that outdated rule). Anyway I present this as food for thought, and a look at what we have in the wider community. 73 Ria N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:29116] FW: Archive Error Report June 2012
by Fred Hopengarten 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

From: Lau, Zack, W1VT [mailto:w1vt@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 3:30 PM To: hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu Cc: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY Subject: RE: Archive Error Report June 2012 Hi Fred, The way PageSuite gets around this issue for printing pages is to provide thumbnails of the pages and check boxes so you can see what you are printing out. Zak W1VT From: Fred Hopengarten <k1vr(a)arrl.org> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 12:17 PM To: Lau, Zack, W1VT <w1vt(a)arrl.org> Cc: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY <sford(a)arrl.org> Subject: RE: Archive Error Report June 2012 Wow. If I understand it correctly, this means that one cannot rely on the page number when looking up an article in the digital version. Perhaps there should be a note that appears continuously at the top of every page to remind viewers of the shift in page numbers between the printed magazine and the online magazine. Steve? Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr(a)arrl.org New England Director cid:a4a12f0b-0468-4a39-b953-31b2a3da8564 Serving ME, NH, VT, MA, RI and CT From: Lau, Zack, W1VT [mailto:w1vt@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 9:48 AM To: Hopengarten, Fred, K1VR, (Dir, NE) Cc: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY Subject: Archive Error Report June 2012 Hi Fred K1VR, I consider page 30 to be the correct page, as is the page number originally printed in the magazine. The digital archive uses page 38, as it calls the first two cover pages page 1 and page 2. There are also six additional pages as part of a special advertising section. This pagination is out of my expertise, I'll forward this email to Steve Ford who may know the editorial conventions commonly used when you convert a paper magazine to a digital version. Archive Error Report Jun 2012-QST - The 43 Foot Vertical Monopole -- What's the Magic? Field Data on File Submitted Correction Id <http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/140390> 140390 4556 Issue Jun 2012-QST Jun 2012-QST Title The 43 Foot Vertical Monopole -- What's the Magic? The 43 Foot Vertical Monopole -- What's the Magic? Author Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR Column Feature Feature Keywords Page 30 30 File Other Actually, the article starts on page 38, not page 30. Notify Yes Email <mailto:k1vr@arrl.org> k1vr(a)arrl.org Corrected No Created 2019-12-15 16:05:53 Zak Lau W1VT Senior Lab Engineer ARRL, the National Association for Amateur RadioT 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 telephone: <tel:860%20594%200294> 860 594 0294 email: <mailto:zlau@arrl.org> zlau(a)arrl.org web: <http://www.arrl.org> www.arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:29106] FW: Archive Error Report June 2012
by Fred Hopengarten 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

To the Board: The issue is that the digital page and the index listing don't match. WB8IMY says there have been few complaints. I don't intend to go to war over this issue, but I feel that officers and members of the Board should know about the issue. It came up when I tried to find the W1ZR article on 43 foot verticals, and I got very confused. The index said the article was on page 30, the digital page was actually page 38. I thought y'all would like to know. Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr(a)arrl.org New England Director cid:a4a12f0b-0468-4a39-b953-31b2a3da8564 Serving ME, NH, VT, MA, RI and CT From: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY [mailto:sford@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 12:29 PM To: hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu Cc: Michel, Howard, WB2ITX (CEO) Subject: RE: Archive Error Report June 2012 Fred: While that would be possible, it would require revisions to every page of a digital magazine layout prior to going to press. One of the ways in which the process is cost effective is that it relies on us "touching" the files as little as possible. We send the same files for digital processing that we do for printing. Your notice notwithstanding, complaints about this issue have been virtually non-existent. So, we would have to weigh the required cost and effort against the need. Also, most people use keyword searches in digital editions rather than searching by page numbers, which may be the reason there have been so few complaints over the years. 73 . . . Steve Ford, WB8IMY QST Editor / ARRL Publications Manager From: Fred Hopengarten <k1vr(a)arrl.org> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 12:17 PM To: Lau, Zack, W1VT <w1vt(a)arrl.org> Cc: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY <sford(a)arrl.org> Subject: RE: Archive Error Report June 2012 Wow. If I understand it correctly, this means that one cannot rely on the page number when looking up an article in the digital version. Perhaps there should be a note that appears continuously at the top of every page to remind viewers of the shift in page numbers between the printed magazine and the online magazine. Steve? Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr(a)arrl.org New England Director cid:a4a12f0b-0468-4a39-b953-31b2a3da8564 Serving ME, NH, VT, MA, RI and CT From: Lau, Zack, W1VT [mailto:w1vt@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 9:48 AM To: Hopengarten, Fred, K1VR, (Dir, NE) Cc: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY Subject: Archive Error Report June 2012 Hi Fred K1VR, I consider page 30 to be the correct page, as is the page number originally printed in the magazine. The digital archive uses page 38, as it calls the first two cover pages page 1 and page 2. There are also six additional pages as part of a special advertising section. This pagination is out of my expertise, I'll forward this email to Steve Ford who may know the editorial conventions commonly used when you convert a paper magazine to a digital version. Archive Error Report Jun 2012-QST - The 43 Foot Vertical Monopole -- What's the Magic? Field Data on File Submitted Correction Id <http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/140390> 140390 4556 Issue Jun 2012-QST Jun 2012-QST Title The 43 Foot Vertical Monopole -- What's the Magic? The 43 Foot Vertical Monopole -- What's the Magic? Author Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR Column Feature Feature Keywords Page 30 30 File Other Actually, the article starts on page 38, not page 30. Notify Yes Email <mailto:k1vr@arrl.org> k1vr(a)arrl.org Corrected No Created 2019-12-15 16:05:53 Zak Lau W1VT Senior Lab Engineer ARRL, the National Association for Amateur RadioT 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 telephone: <tel:860%20594%200294> 860 594 0294 email: <mailto:zlau@arrl.org> zlau(a)arrl.org web: <http://www.arrl.org> www.arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:29112] podcast lineup
by Michel, Howard, WB2ITX (CEO) 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Dear Officers, Directors and Vice Directors, In conjunction with the launch of On the Air magazine, and because of Joel's declining health, we will be reconfiguring our podcast lineup starting in January. I've attached the press release that we will release on Thursday. There will be a story in Thursday's ARRL Letter. I anticipate creating more podcasts in the future as we populate our focused offerings. Feel free to tell your members about these changes starting on Thursday. Please do not discuss Joel's health. 73, Howard, WB2ITX -- Howard E. Michel, WB2ITX Chief Executive Officer ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA Telephone: +1 860-594-0404 email: hmichel(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:29105] IN Newsletter December 13 2019
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 13 Dec '19

13 Dec '19

Happy Friday!

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[arrl-odv:29104] AMS/Personify progress update
by Michel, Howard, WB2ITX (CEO) 12 Dec '19

12 Dec '19

Dear Officers, Directors and Vice Directors, The AMS conversion project is being implemented using an agile software development methodology. In this methodology, work is divided into "sprints." In our case, sprints are three week efforts. We have just added in an additional sprint resulting in a three-week delay (one sprint) as tracked on our internal metrics. The delay is due to both Personify (the vendor) and ARRL. Personify has run into delays related to our requested enhancements and ARRL has been having trouble with the test conversions. Both organizations are working diligently to get caught up during this three-week additional window. While this delay is unfortunate, it was not unexpected. We have built in two such possible delays, and additional slack for anticipated problems as we come on-line, into an "honest" schedule. Therefore, the impact of this extra sprint is negligible. As a reminder, as discussed in my reports to the Board, EC and A&F, we have four tightly connected projects that we are managing (in order of risk): 1) AMS replacement, 2) lifelong learning (LLL) course content, 3) Mintz+Hoke, and 4) a new learning management system (LMS) integration. While the risks are manageable, and they are being managed, because of the complexity of the project, and its broad reach into all ARRL business functions, the AMS/Personify conversion remains my number one concern. 73, Howard, WB2ITX -- Howard E. Michel, WB2ITX Chief Executive Officer ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA Telephone: +1 860-594-0404 email: hmichel(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:29103] ARRL Facebook post goes viral
by Michel, Howard, WB2ITX (CEO) 12 Dec '19

12 Dec '19

Dear Officers, Directors and Vice Directors, Chalk this one up to “trying new things.” Yesterday, a post made to the ARRL Facebook page quickly became one of top posts in months, reaching nearly 16,000 unique people in less than a day, and generating some of the page’s highest recent engagement as measured by Facebook. This particular effort was executed by Michelle Patnode using a formula Bob Inderbitzen had picked up during a recent professional development conference he had attended. The post was designed to celebrate a member’s story using January QST’s Member Spotlight feature written by Jen Glifort. The post includes a link for members to read the article in the digital edition of QST, but also includes a link for non-members to get the article by sharing their email address with us. The post went viral, shared by page-followers with their local radio clubs, national groups like YLRL, and with friends. This is an example of how we’re increasingly using our online communities to engage members and prospective audiences with the content we produce. Great job Michelle and Bob! 73, Howard, WB2ITX -- Howard E. Michel, WB2ITX Chief Executive Officer ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA Telephone: +1 860-594-0404 email: hmichel(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:29102] member emails
by Michel, Howard, WB2ITX (CEO) 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

Dear Officers, Directors and Vice Directors, In going through the Standing Orders, it was noted that Standing Order #79 states: 79) Where necessary for clarification, HQ shall include a copy of the original correspondence from a member when sending a copy of an answer by HQ personnel to the Director of the Division involved. While this has typically referred to member letters, now that the vast majority of correspondence to HQ is sent via email, I interpret this By-Law to include all email correspondence as well. Therefore, I’ve asked Carla to copy the appropriate Director and Vice Director on my replies to member emails. If you would like to opt out of such emails at any time, please let Carla know. 73, Howard, WB2ITX -- Howard E. Michel, WB2ITX Chief Executive Officer ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA Telephone: +1 860-594-0404 email: hmichel(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:29101] new hams at HQ
by Michel, Howard, WB2ITX (CEO) 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

Congrats to five staff members – and one spouse – for passing the Technician class exam this afternoon. Oscar Espinoza kc1mhl Melissa Stemmer kc1mhm Deidre Methe kc1mhn Scott St Onge kc1mho Jennifer St Onge kc1mhp Thomas Bell kc1mhq -- Howard E. Michel, WB2ITX Chief Executive Officer ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA Telephone: +1 860-594-0404 email: hmichel(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:29100] Proposed 2020-21 Plan Conference Call
by Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

ODV - Shortly you will be receiving an invitation for the Q&A conference call scheduled for Tuesday, December 17 via Zoom. We are using Zoom for this meeting to explore the possibility of Zoom as an alternative webinar tool. In order to participate in the call you will need to click the link in the invite and you will be required to register and download the Zoom application to your pc if you haven't used Zoom in the past. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks. 73, Diane Middleton, W2DLM Chief Financial Officer ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio (r) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860) 594-0225

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